What is another word for mire?
384 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ m_ˈaɪə], [ mˈa͡ɪ͡ə], [ mˈaɪə]Table of Contents
Similar words for mire:- bog down (noun)
- crisis (noun)
- dilemma (noun)
- dirt (noun)
- filth (noun)
- get stuck (noun)
- hell (noun)
- hindrance (noun)
- quandary (noun)
- refuse (noun)
- slime (noun)
- sludge (noun)
- slush (noun)
- state (noun)
- substance (noun)
- swamp (noun)
- bemire (verb)
- delay, catch up in (verb)
- detain (verb)
- embrangle (verb)
- embroil (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- retard (verb)
- set back (verb)
- slow (verb)
- other synonyms
- bemire
- embrangle
- embroil
- set back
- slow
Definition for Mire:
- To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned.
Synonyms for Mire:
n.
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- muddy.
- hades,
- holocaust,
- furnace,
- gehenna,
- abyss,
- oven,
- inferno,
- horror,
- styx,
- morass,
- bedlam,
- purgatory,
- limbo.
- stoppage,
- barrier,
- congestion,
- blockade,
- impedance,
- inhibition,
- frustration,
- encumbrance,
- blockage,
- opposition,
- bafflement,
- impasse,
- entrapment,
- constipation,
- obstacle,
- disadvantage,
- resistance,
- impediment,
- hurdle,
- interruption,
- complication,
- obstruction,
- constraint,
- restraint,
- entanglement,
- drawback,
- hindrance,
- restriction,
- damper,
- deterrent.
- be-wilderments,
- up trees,
- un-certainties,
- be-wilderment,
- up tree,
- un certainty,
- un-certainty,
- double troubles,
- un certainties,
- up a trees,
- be wilderment,
- be wilderments.
- muck.
- mire.
- slop.
v.
•bemire (verb)- be mire,
- be-mires,
- be-grimed,
- be-mired,
- be-grimes,
- be-mire,
- be-miring,
- be-grime,
- be miring,
- be grimes,
- be griming,
- be grimed,
- be mired,
- be-griming,
- be grime,
- be mires.
- de-lays,
- de lay,
- re-strains,
- re strains,
- re-straining,
- in terns,
- in-tern,
- de-lay,
- with holding,
- hanged up,
- de tain,
- de-tains,
- in tern,
- re served,
- in-terns,
- with-held,
- slows up,
- re-served,
- slowing down,
- with holds,
- re-serve,
- re straining,
- with hold,
- re serve,
- re-strain,
- re-serves,
- re serving,
- de-laying,
- with held,
- hanging up,
- sending up,
- with-holds,
- re-serving,
- re strained,
- de laying,
- with-hold,
- de lays,
- re strain,
- hangs up,
- de-tain,
- slowing up,
- slows down,
- re-strained,
- de tains.
- dis order,
- dis ordering,
- dis uniting,
- dis-united,
- caused trouble,
- in-criminating,
- de ranging,
- dis-unite,
- de-ranging,
- dis unites,
- dis-orders,
- in-criminates,
- in-criminated,
- dis-ordering,
- de-range,
- in-criminate,
- de-ranged,
- in criminated,
- de ranges,
- de-ranges,
- dis-ordered,
- in criminates,
- in criminate,
- de range,
- dis-unites,
- causes trouble,
- dis united,
- dis-uniting,
- de ranged,
- dis orders,
- dis unite,
- dis ordered,
- in criminating,
- dis-order.
- constrain,
- choke,
- deter,
- resist,
- handicap,
- complicate,
- obstruct,
- hinder,
- crimp,
- impair,
- check,
- restrict,
- dam,
- counter,
- burden,
- cramp,
- frustrate,
- curb,
- cripple,
- bottleneck,
- foul,
- hamstring,
- bung,
- interrupt,
- stay,
- paralyze,
- snarl,
- stop,
- clog,
- thwart,
- catch,
- impede,
- restrain,
- baffle,
- hamper,
- delay,
- drag,
- snag,
- constipate,
- bar,
- block,
- inhibit,
- brake,
- fetter,
- oppose,
- jam,
- congest,
- plug.
- chokes off,
- de creased,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- post-pones,
- brought screeching halt,
- re-duces,
- de-creasing,
- de-creases,
- retardating,
- bring screeching halt,
- re duces,
- retardated,
- post pone,
- de-crease,
- closes off,
- bringing screeching halt,
- de crease,
- de creasing,
- re duce,
- de creases,
- brought to screeching halt,
- de-creased,
- brings screeching halt,
- re-duce,
- brings to screeching halt,
- post pones.
- de-feats,
- de-feat,
- embogging,
- embogged,
- re verse,
- embogs,
- de feats,
- re-versed,
- re versing,
- de feat,
- re-verse.
- letted down flaps,
- keeps waiting,
- reducing speed,
- hit brakes,
- hits brakes,
- anchored it,
- loses speed,
- eased off,
- back-waters,
- winds down,
- reduced speed,
- backwatered,
- hitting brakes,
- losing steam,
- anchors it,
- backwatering,
- re lax,
- back-watering,
- back watering,
- loses steam,
- losing speed,
- reining in,
- lost steam,
- eases up,
- keeping waiting,
- eases off,
- wound down,
- anchoring it,
- easing up,
- kept waiting,
- back-watered,
- back water,
- back waters,
- lets down flaps,
- letting down flaps,
- hits the brakes,
- lost speed,
- winded down,
- back watered,
- reduces speed,
- re-lax,
- hitting the brakes.
Other synonyms:
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- wetland,
- vlei,
- fenland,
- salt marsh.
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- sludge.
Paraphrases for Mire:
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Forward Entailment
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
quagmire.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
Antonyms for Mire:
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v.
Mire Sentence Examples:
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Then, while Rose brought more, Russ began to lay the rails on the quivering mire, side by side but about a foot apart, the ends of the first row of rails being only a few inches from the side of the calf.
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My cousin is not going into the mire again; she shall be freed of it for ever: I speak as her relative now, the representative of her family and of those who care for her happiness and good.
Homophones for Mire:
- memoir, menorah, menorrhea, Myer, myre, manor, marri, murre, mayer, mummery, moore, moon-ray, marry, meir, mr, moaner, mummer, mimir, manure, mary, menurae, moirae, mayor, mohair, muir, myanmar, mri, murrow, monera, Moro, monroe, memory, miri, minor, man hour, Meier, mar, murray, merry, maar, manner, monario, moray, miry, Mary Ii, mara, maimer, munro, maria, menhir, myrrh, marrow, mere, menura, morrow, moor, moirai, monomer, mirror, miner, Meyer, mari, mainer, maori, mwera, mare, MIER, miro, more, mammary, meniere, Mr., moire, Mary I, moneyer, mimer, mower, mohria, moon ray.
Hyponym for Mire:
n.
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state
difficulty.
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state
